What should I know about cooking pigs?

Pig cooking is a popular way to celebrate holidays or other important events in many countries. Luaus is the best known of these celebrations. During Luau, pigs are grilled and use spitting. There are other ways to cook a pig, but due to their size grilling is most often done.

Find an area without flammable material such as leaves, dried brush, suspended trees and flammable material. This area should be at least 6 feet (1.83 m) wide and 6 feet (1.832 m) high to adapt to the size of the pig cooking. Sweep the area of ​​rocks cleaning, pine cones and other residues. This makes cleaning easier because cooking the pig drips juice. Whate the aluminum foil with rocks or bricks, accumulated at least 18 inches (45.7 cm) high. This will be used to hold coal during grilling.

pig cooking requires a lot of heat and time. Place a large bag of Charcoal, unopened, in the grill pit. Cover a lighter coal bag with a lighter liquid and stand up. Strike the match and throw him on coal. After the coal is hot, smooth them towards the edge of the brick by poker. Allow coal to warm up for at least 20 minutes.

When the coal is hot, put the grate on the grill pit. Place the pig, rib down on the grate. Sprinkle the whole pig with salt and let it cook. Cooking pigs takes a long time, so you may want to bring a chair and a friend. Beware of fire, because if the flames rise too high, you will have to spray a bottle of water or hose.

Turn the pig cooking after 3 hours or when the ribs are released. Add the barbecue sauce at this time. Cover the top of the pig in the foil to prevent excessive cooking and hard. It also keeps the flies from the pig, it ended in cooking. Let it grill for another 3 to 4 hours.

If you use a pig to cook, you will need to lay a pig on its side toYou put the horizontal bar across the rear end. Make the bar until they get out of your mouth. The inner cavity of the pig is lined with foil and filled with stuffing if desired. The cavity is then sewn by a butcher's twine.

When cooking a pig on a spit, you have to tie your legs. This prevents them from hanging on the fire and burning. The coal should be placed under the shoulders and legs of the pig because they are the strongest area of ​​the pig and require most of the heat to cook thoroughly. Pig 130 pounds (58.96 kg) usually requires cooking 6 hours.

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